Pandemic's toll shows up on students' college applications
by Carolyn Thompson, The Associated Press
Posted Jan 13, 2021 1:10 am EDT
Last Updated Jan 13, 2021 at 1:14 am EDT
In a college application season like no other, students who have seen every aspect of their lives disrupted by the coronavirus are grappling with how to show their potential.
High school seniors around the U.S. are facing January and February college application deadlines without SAT and ACT entrance exam scores, community service records and resumes flush with extracurricular activities — all casualties of an era of social distancing and remote learning that has carried over from their junior year.